This is a list of notable directors in motion picture and television arts.
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Dodo Abashidze George Abbott Norman Abbott Phil Abraham Jim Abrahams Lenny Abrahamson Abiola Abrams J. J. Abrams Ivan Abramson Hany Abu-Assad Tengiz Abuladze Herbert Achternbusch Andy Ackerman Andrew Adamson Anita W. Addison Maren Ade Carine Adler Percy Adlon John G. Adolfi Franklin Adreon Ben Affleck Casey Affleck Neil Affleck Andrew Agnew Alejandro Agresti Scott Aharoni Joe Ahearne Caroline Aherne Abdel Rahim Ahmed Aqeel Ahmed Alexandre Aja Chantal Akerman Desiree Akhavan Fatih Akın Moustapha Akkad John Akomfrah R. Kan Albay Barbara Albert Félix Enríquez Alcalá Alan Alda Robert Aldrich Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Grigori Aleksandrov Victoria Aleksanyan Chris Alexander David Alexander Jason Alexander John Alexander Lexi Alexander Sherman Alexie Ozzie Alfonso Khalik Allah Marc Allégret Yves Allégret Elizabeth Allen Irwin Allen Lewis Allen Woody Allen Raine Allen-Miller Hassan Al-Imam Mairzee Almas Pedro Almodóvar Paul Almond Robert Altman Fede Álvarez Silvio Amadio Mathieu Amalric Rod Amateau Ned Ambler Gianni Amelio Alejandro Amenábar Jon Amiel Ana Lily Amirpour George Amponsah Dev Anand Sean Anders Thom Andersen Bob Anderson Brad Anderson Broncho Billy Anderson Deborah Anderson Gordon Anderson Justin Anderson Lindsay Anderson Michael Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson Paul W. S. Anderson Trevor Anderson Wes Anderson Roy Andersson Metodi Andonov Raoul André Bryan Andrews Kostas Andritsos Theo Angelopoulos Kenneth Anger Threes Anna Graham Annable Ken Annakin Jean-Jacques Annaud Hideaki Anno Arnold Antonin Michelangelo Antonioni Pan Anzi Judd Apatow Emmanuel Apea Apichatpong Weerasethakul Oscar Apfel Norman Apstein Michael Apted Gregg Araki Alfonso Aráu Roscoe Arbuckle Denys Arcand George Archainbaud Wes Archer Jane Arden Emile Ardolino Asia Argento Dario Argento Adam Arkin Allan Arkush Serena Armitage Dionciel Armstrong Gillian Armstrong Andrea Arnold Jack Arnold Darren Aronofsky Fernando Arrabal Miguel Arteta Larysa Artiugina Dorothy Arzner Dinara Asanova Hal Ashby John Mallory Asher Anthony Asquith Olivier Assayas Ari Aster Carlos Atanes Mark Atkinson Richard Attenborough Dan Attias David Attwood Jacques Audiard Jacqueline Audry John H. Auer Bille August Claude Autant-Lara Aram Avakian Roger Avary Pupi Avati Hy Averback Ilya Averbakh Julius Avery Tex Avery John G. Avildsen Jon Avnet David Ayer Dan Aykroyd Richard Ayoade Nabil Ayouch Mary Ayubi
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Jamie Babbit Héctor Babenco Lloyd Bacon Clarence G. Badger John Badham Bae Yong-Kyun Cindy Baer Prince Bagdasarian King Baggot Nadeem Baig Prano Bailey-Bond Jon S. Baird Stuart Baird Imruh Bakari Roy Ward Baker Sean Baker Mohammad Bakri Ralph Bakshi Bob Balaban Aleksei Balabanov Kailasam Balachander Jan Balej Peter Baldwin Wes Ball Carroll Ballard Anne Bancroft Albert Band Charles Band Biyi Bandele Elizabeth Banks Monty Banks Joseph Barbera Juan Antonio Bardem Richard L. Bare Francesco Barilli Sooraj R. Barjatya Clive Barker Reginald Barker Tom Barman Boris Barnet Matthew Barney Daniel Barnz Allen Baron David Barrett Chuck Barris Robert V. Barron Christopher Barry Morris Barry Drew Barrymore Lionel Barrymore Andrzej Bartkowiak Jules Bass M. J. Bassett Joy Batchelor Jason Bateman Otto Bathurst Paul Bartel Hall Bartlett Charles Barton Felix Basch Aclan Bates Matthew Bauer Jay Bauman Noah Baumbach Lamberto Bava Mario Bava Michael Bay Samuel Bayer Juan Antonio Bayona Edward Bazalgette Luigi Bazzoni Warren Beatty William Beaudine Harry Beaumont Harold Becker Jacques Becker Josh Becker Terry Becker Wolfgang Becker Guy Norman Bee Ford Beebe Greg Beeman Morgan Beggs Hans Behrendt Jean-Jacques Beineix Timur Bekmambetov Susan Belbin Monta Bell Earl Bellamy Troian Bellisario Marco Bellocchio Jerry Belson Maria Luisa Bemberg Steve Bendelack Jack Bender László Benedek Shyam Benegal Lubomír Beneš Roberto Benigni David Benioff Richard Benjamin Rodney Bennett Spencer Gordon Bennet Lizet Benrey Robert Benton Luca Bercovici Bruce Beresford Alec Berg Peter Berg Edward Berger Andrew Bergman Ingmar Bergman Busby Berkeley Luis Garcia Berlanga Greg Berlanti Abby Berlin Marc Berlin Robert Berlinger Andrea Berloff Paul Bern Ishmael Bernal Paul Bernard Curtis Bernhardt Adam Bernstein Claude Berri Halle Berry John Berry Arthur Berthelet André Berthomieu Bryan Bertino Bernardo Bertolucci Luc Besson Frank Beyer Bharathiraja
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Bi–Bz
Ed Bianchi John Biddle Fabián Bielinsky Robert Bierman Kathryn Bigelow Tony Bill Anna Biller Peter Billingsley Bruce Bilson Brad Bird Bill Bixby Alice Guy-Blaché Herbert Blaché John Black Nicola Black Shane Black Farren Blackburn Gerald Blake George Blair Alessandro Blasetti William Peter Blatty Bertrand Blier Jeffrey Blitz Neill Blomkamp Matt Bloom Don Bluth John G. Blystone Keith Boak James Bobin Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck Richard Boden Eugeniusz Bodo Carl Boese Budd Boetticher Paul Bogart Peter Bogdanovich José Bohr Michel Boisrond Patrick Bokanowski Richard Boleslawski Uwe Boll Mauro Bolognini Fyodor Bondarchuk Sergei Bondarchuk Bong Joon-ho Linwood Boomer John Boorman Gavin Michael Booth Kristoffer Borgli Walerian Borowczyk Frank Borzage John and Roy Boulting Martin Bourboulon Lucien Bourjeily David Bowers Pearl Bowser Muriel Box David Boyd Dermot Boyd Danny Boyle Charles Brabin Richard Bracewell Harry Bradbeer Robert N. Bradbury John Brahm Stan Brakhage Matt Braly A.V. Bramble Kenneth Branagh Spike Brandt Fred C. Brannon Tinto Brass Charles Braverman Frank Braxton Kevin Bray Neil Breen Catherine Breillat Herbert Brenon Will Brenton Vinko Brešan Robert Bresson Martin Brest Howard Bretherton Eric Brevig Craig Brewer Michael E. Briant Monte Brice Patrick Brice Sean Bridgers James Bridges Nicholas Briggs Guido Brignone Steven Brill Philippe de Broca Tricia Brock Lino Brocka Rex Bromfield Henry Bronchtein Ronald Bronstein Peter Brook Albert Brooks James L. Brooks Mel Brooks Richard Brooks Nick Broomfield Simon Bross James Broughton Otto Brower Clarence Brown Harry Joe Brown Rowland Brown William H. Brown Jr."Obituaries: William H. Brown Jr.". Evening Express. June 10, 1982. p. 35. Retrieved February 1, 2025.King, Joe D. (March 14, 1955). "He's High Up on TV ... Portlander Director of Studio One Dramas; Bill Brown Started as Playwright While Student at Bowdoin; Portland Man Directs Star". Evening Express. p. 23. Retrieved February 1, 2025. Tod Browning Martin Bruestle Adrian Brunel Nick Bruno Neville Buchanan Chris Buck Detlev Buck Tom Buckingham Marc Buckland Norman Buckley Colin Bucksey Harold S. Bucquet Jan Bucquoy Danny Buday John Carl Buechler Bradley Buecker Luis Buñuel Janice Burgess Pete Burness Charles Burnett Bo Burnham Edward Burns Justin Burquist James Burrows Tim Burstall Tim Burton Steve Buscemi Alexander Butler Brian Patrick Butler Chris Butler David Butler John Butler Robert Butler Ray Butt Jörg Buttgereit Zane Buzby Edward Buzzell Ed Bye James Ward Byrkit
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Christy Cabanne Michael Cacoyannis Margarita Cadenas Israel Adrián Caetano David Caffrey Nicolas Cage James Cagney Mike Cahill Edward L. Cahn James Cameron Douglas Camfield Augusto Caminito Donald Cammell Joe Camp Juan José Campanella Colin Campbell Jonny Campbell Martin Campbell Mont Campbell Norman Campbell Jane Campion Antonio Campos Danny Cannon Dyan Cannon Kay Cannon Colin Cant Graham Cantwell Peter Capaldi Albert Capellani Frank Capra Luigi Capuano Leos Carax Jack Cardiff Christian Carion Joe Carnahan Marcel Carné John Carney Giuliano Carnimeo Marc Caro Niki Caro Benjamin Caron John Carpenter Thomas Carr Enrique Carreras John Paddy Carstairs Chris Carter D. J. Caruso Enrico Casarosa Chris Cashman John Cassavetes Nick Cassavetes P. J. Castellaneta William Castle Joe Castro Torre Catalano Michael Caton-Jones Peter Cattaneo Alberto Cavalcanti Liliana Cavani Paolo Cavara André Cayatte Ralph Ceder Christiane Cegavske Jeff Celentano Simon Cellan Jones Mark Cendrowski Tony Cervone Pablo César Nuri Bilge Ceylan Claude Chabrol Gurinder Chadha Justin Chadwick Don Chaffey Aneesh Chaganty Youssef Chahine Fruit Chan Jackie Chan Peter Chan Charlie Chaplin Larry Charles Charley Chase David Chase Émile Chautard Michael Chaves Damien Chazelle Stephen Chbosky Jeremiah S. Chechik Kate Cheeseman Peter Chelsom Kaige Chen Pierre Chenal Yarrow Cheney David Cherkassky Tom Cherones Marc Cherry Pierre Chevalier Milan Cheylov Abigail Child Ching Siu-Tung Stephen Chiodo Samson Chiu Tadeusz Chmielewski Lisa Cholodenko Joyce Chopra Yash Chopra Chor Yuen Deborah Chow Stephen Chow Benjamin Christensen Shawn Christensen Christian-Jaque Roger Christian Rich Christiano Roger Christiansen Jon M. Chu Grigori Chukhrai Lee Isaac Chung Peter Chung Věra Chytilová Derek Cianfrance Michael Cimino Claudio Cipelletti Souleymane Cissé Louis C.K. René Clair Bob Clampett Bob Clark Larry Clark Richard Clark Alan Clarke Shirley Clarke S. J. Clarkson William F. Claxton Barnaby Clay Jack Clayton Tom Clegg William Clemens Jemaine Clement René Clément Ron Clements Elmer Clifton Edward F. Cline George Clooney Chris Clough Robert Clouse Henri-Georges Clouzot Enrico Cocozza Jean Cocteau Coen Brothers Clément Cogitore Romain Cogitore Larry Cohen Rob Cohen Sidney Cole John David Coles Jaume Collet-Serra Keri Collins Lewis D. Collins Chris Columbus Timothy Combe Luigi Comencini Bill Condon Bruce Conner Jack Conway Ryan Coogler Barry Cook Fielder Cook Victor Cook Josh Cooley Hal Cooper Merian C. Cooper Francis Ford Coppola Roman Coppola Sofia Coppola Frank Coraci Brady Corbet Sergio Corbucci Roger Corman Alain Corneau Joe Cornish Orlando Corradi Rich Correll Lloyd Corrigan Helena Cortesina Don Coscarelli Brian Cosgrove George Pan Cosmatos Pedro Costa Costa-Gavras Kevin Costner Manny Coto T. Arthur Cottam Alex Cox Frank Cox Paul Cox William James Craft Kelly Fremon Craig William Crain Bryan Cranston Wes Craven Joel Crawford Peter Cregeen Destin Daniel Cretton Charles Crichton Michael Crichton Jon Cring Donald Crisp Armando Crispino John Crockett David Croft Donald Crombie John Cromwell Brandon Cronenberg David Cronenberg Mackenzie Crook Alan Crosland Matthew Crouch Cameron Crowe John Crowley James Cruze Billy Crystal Arzén von Cserépy Alfonso Cuarón Chris Cuddington Michael Cudlitz George Cukor Jeremy Culver Fiona Cumming Jim Cummings Irving Cummings Michael Cumming James Cunningham Sean S. Cunningham Marshall Curry Adam Curtis Dan Curtis Jamie Lee Curtis Richard Curtis Michael Curtiz Michael Cusack Paul Czinner
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Nia DaCosta Diminas Dagogo John Dahl Alan Dale John Francis Daley Stephen Daldry Massimo Dallamano Rebecca Daly Joe D'Amato Georgi Daneliya Rod Daniel Frank Daniel Greg Daniels Lee Daniels Stan Daniels Vladimir Danilevich Joe Dante Frank Darabont Joan Darling Eric Darnell Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast Jules Dassin Hayato Date Gary Dauberman Herschel Daugherty Byambasuren Davaa Delmer Daves Alki David Hugh David John Howard Davies John Rhys-Davies Terence Davies Andrew Davis Garth Davis Ossie Davis Tamra Davis J. Searle Dawley Roxann Dawson Shane Dawson Robert Day (director) Jonathan Dayton Drew Daywalt Basil Dean Basil Dearden Tiffanie DeBartolo Jan de Bont Philippe de Broca Fred de Cordova Allen Coulter Albert de Courville Russell DeGrazier Rolf de Heer Steve De Jarnatt Fred Dekker Alex de la Iglesia Jean Delannoy Bruce Dellis Greg DeLiso Hampton Del Ruth Roy Del Ruth Guillermo del Toro Alberto De Martino Kirk DeMicco Cecil B. DeMille William C. deMille Jonathan Demme Ted Demme James DeMonaco Jacques Demy Reginald Denham Robert De Niro Claire Denis Martin Dennis Pen Densham Ruggero Deodato Jeff Deverett Manoel de Oliveira Brian De Palma Serge de Poligny Johnny Depp John Derek Maya Deren Scott Derrickson Bernard Derriman Giuseppe de Santis Vittorio De Sica Tom DeSimone Howard Deutch Michel Deville Danny DeVito Dean Devlin Maury Dexter David Dhavan Matthew Diamond Emma-Rosa Dias Tom DiCillo Nigel Dick Vivienne Dick Ernest Dickerson Thorold Dickinson William Kennedy Dickson